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Research in San Antonio

Science Explorer records 125 research institutions in San Antonio, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are The University of Texas at San Antonio, The University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science Center and Quality Research.

Research institutions
125
15 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
105k
▲ 11% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
15.5%
record average 16.5%

A city carries no overall standing here. The composite score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in San Antonio?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1The University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science CenterUniversity 31,660 #1,028
2The University of Texas at San AntonioUniversity 20,608 #996
3Southwest Research InstituteNonprofit 8,051 #7,264
4Trinity UniversityUniversity 5,001 #10,215
5San Antonio CollegeUniversity 3,868 #17,022
6Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical CenterHospital / health system 3,708 #17,299
7Brooke Army Medical CenterHospital / health system 3,574 #10,224
8Joint Base San AntonioGovernment institution 3,354 #11,330
9Texas Biomedical Research InstituteResearch facility 2,750 #5,069
10United States Army Institute of Surgical ResearchResearch facility 2,271 #17,842
11Quality ResearchResearch facility 2,245 #4,269
12University Health SystemHospital / health system 1,713 #11,014
13United States Army Medical CommandGovernment institution 1,560 #19,594
14University of the Incarnate WordUniversity 1,497 #8,086
15South Texas Veterans Health Care SystemHospital / health system 1,168 #9,492
16Texas A&M University – San AntonioUniversity 1,159 #5,957
17St. Mary's University, TexasUniversity 1,129 #15,024
18Urology San AntonioHospital / health system 922 #14,436
19San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education ConsortiumHospital / health system 671 #20,054
20Audie L. Murphy Memorial VA HospitalHospital / health system 609 #25,038
21Texas Plastic SurgeryHospital / health system 583 #29,655 all time
2259th Medical WingGovernment institution 534 #22,864
23Our Lady of the Lake UniversityUniversity 480 #21,910
24Sylvana ResearchInstitution 394 #22,284 all time
25Texas Center for Infectious DiseaseResearch facility 333 #14,681 all time
26Incell Corporation (United States)Company 304 #21,464 all time
27SWOG Cancer Research NetworkResearch facility 293 #17,661 all time
28Baptist Health SystemHospital / health system 287 #31,003 all time
29South Texas Accelerated Research TherapeuticsResearch facility 273 #15,543
30Baker Engineering and Risk Consultants (United States)Company 185 #15,740 all time
31Bexar County Medical Examiner's OfficeGovernment institution 183 #33,354 all time
32Children's Hospital of San AntonioHospital / health system 180 #33,799 all time
33Diagnostics Research GroupResearch facility 144 #29,668 all time
34Methodist HealthcareHospital / health system 138 #33,923 all time
35Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San AntonioHospital / health system 138 #13,525
36Texas Diabetes InstituteResearch facility 131 #23,006 all time
37CHRISTUS Transplant InstituteHospital / health system 124 #25,354 all time
38Conceptual Mindworks (United States)Company 123 #36,574 all time
39Metrica (United States)Company 119 not ranked
40Medical Center Ophthalmology AssociatesHospital / health system 111 not ranked
41East FoundationNonprofit 110 not ranked
42Neurobehavioral Research Laboratory and ClinicHospital / health system 104 not ranked
43Texas Liver InstituteHospital / health system 103 not ranked
44Valero Energy (United States)Company 100 not ranked
45Christus Santa Rosa Health SystemHospital / health system 96 not ranked
46Peripheral Vascular AssociatesHospital / health system 96 not ranked
47Operational Technologies Corporation (United States)Company 91 not ranked
48San Antonio State Chest HospitalHospital / health system 88 not ranked
49Renal Associates P. A.Hospital / health system 85 not ranked
50Lackland Independent School DistrictUniversity 84 not ranked
51KCI (United States)Company 84 not ranked
52Alamo CollegesUniversity 84 not ranked
53United Services Automobile AssociationInstitution 80 not ranked
54Methodist Children’s HospitalHospital / health system 76 not ranked
55Texas Endosurgery InstituteHospital / health system 75 not ranked
56Center for Health Care ServicesHospital / health system 65 not ranked
57Ear Medical GroupHospital / health system 65 not ranked
58Oblate School of TheologyUniversity 65 not ranked
59Integrative Health Technologies (United States)Company 64 not ranked
60Fertility Center of San AntonioHospital / health system 61 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

How concentrated the city is

The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.

The University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science Center: 30.4%The University of Texas at San Antonio: 19.8%Southwest Research Institute: 7.7%Trinity University: 4.8%56 others listed: 37.3%30%largest
The University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science Center32k · 30.4%The University of Texas at San Antonio21k · 19.8%Southwest Research Institute8,051 · 7.7%Trinity University5,001 · 4.8%56 others listed39k · 37.3%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

What is San Antonio strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in San Antonio is most concentrated in Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, Emergency Medicine and Astronomy and Astrophysics (5.3× the world share in Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine).

  1. Critical Care and Intensive Care MedicineSubfield · 108.4 works5.3×
  2. Emergency MedicineSubfield · 144.0 works4.3×
  3. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 261.4 works3.7×
  4. Emergency Medical ServicesSubfield · 72.8 works2.9×
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Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

Which keywords describe research in San Antonio?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Treatment, Risk Factors, Public Health, Quality of Life, Resuscitation and Mental Health.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology1,088▲ 2.0×140 topics
  2. Inflammation435▲ 1.53×82 topics
  3. Machine Learning388◆ 0.87×90 topics
  4. Deep Learning352▼ 0.75×78 topics
  5. Public Health343▲ 1.73×72 topics
  6. Quality of Life339▲ 1.72×58 topics
  7. Mental Health330▲ 1.65×47 topics
  8. Treatment324▲ 1.95×52 topics
  9. Risk Factors311▲ 2.1×37 topics
  10. Oxidative Stress298▲ 1.33×61 topics
  11. Diagnosis266▲ 2.1×41 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Disease227▲ 1.50×39 topics
  13. Depression222▲ 1.85×26 topics
  14. Cancer217▲ 1.18×58 topics
  15. Management216▲ 2.0×36 topics
  16. Healthcare186▲ 1.21×38 topics
  17. Metabolic Syndrome185▲ 1.66×23 topics
  18. Mortality180▲ 2.3×13 topics
  19. Immunotherapy166▲ 1.70×19 topics
  20. Complications161▲ 2.4×17 topics
  21. Chemotherapy160▲ 1.67×25 topics
  22. Biomarkers158▲ 1.68×18 topics
  23. Global Burden149▲ 2.0×12 topics
  24. Resuscitation146▲ 8.2×4 topics
  25. Aging142▲ 1.93×18 topics
  26. Neurological Disorders141▲ 1.82×20 topics
  27. Primary Care136▲ 2.6×14 topics
  28. Guidelines132▲ 2.1×13 topics
  29. Trauma129▲ 4.7×11 topics
  30. Surgical Management125▲ 2.2×20 topics
  31. Sepsis124▲ 5.4×7 topics
  32. Neuroinflammation120▲ 3.1×6 topics
  33. Pathophysiology112▲ 2.7×11 topics
  34. Health Outcomes108▲ 2.9×8 topics
  35. Quality Improvement106▲ 4.0×8 topics
  36. Solar Wind87▲ 6.9×2 topics
  37. Hemorrhage84▲ 9.2×3 topics
  38. Coagulopathy78▲ 7.2×2 topics
  39. Solar System Abundances71▲ 11×1 topic
  40. Terrestrial Planets71▲ 11×1 topic

What research is done in San Antonio?

  1. 1 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 71 works
  2. 2 Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 60 works
  3. 3 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 55 works
  4. 4 Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 48 works
  5. 5 Planetary Science and Exploration Astronomy and Astrophysics 46 works
  6. 6 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 45 works
  7. 7 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 40 works
  8. 8 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 36 works
  9. 9 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 35 works
  10. 10 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 35 works

Research output over time

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